iMiddle Monday

LOGO%20for%20Google.jpgWe wear our BLUE & GRAY!

Tutoring Today:
All Science in S2, 3:00 to 4:00
Ms. Hull for English, 3:00 to 4:00
Mr. Urbino for Math, 3:00 to 4:00
Mr. Selby for History, 3:00 to 4:00

Announcements
  • SKYHAWK Card Challenge this Week: Be generous: think of others and give to others.
  • Our Pasta for Pennies Fundraiser is off to a great start! Let's help the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) continue to provide children and adults with needed treatments for these diseases and fund blood cancer research. Give your Advisory teacher your change to help make a big change for those in need. Here are the results of Week 2. Remember we still have till Friday to raise money!
  • Miller $83.84
  • Mr. Selby $63.08
  • Ingrande $34.16
  • Henry $26.40
  • ASB $24.33
  • Mwereru $23.18
  • Taylor $22.21
  • Vosburgh $21.65
  • Now watch our iMiddle News for this week...

6th/7th/8th Grade Focus: School-Wide Week of Code

iMiddle's Week of Code is based on the world-wide Hour of Code. New coding tools such as Scratch and Tynker allow anyone to make their own computer programs. Some students have created their own computer programs in Exploring Computers class. This week's activities can be completed whether you've coded before or not.



Creating a program is much like the car design you did last week. Both involve the Design Process:
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This video shows the how to use the activity based on the movie, Frozen. You will have a choice of other coding activities involving Minecraft, Angry Birds, Star Wars, Frozen and more. The information in this video will apply to whichever activity you choose.

Video: Getting Started with Frozen (3:00)

Regardless of device, all students should go to https://studio.code.org/
  1. Click the "Student Sign Up" button.
  2. Choose "Sign up with Google" on right side of the page.
  3. Use your iMiddle Gmail to sign in.

Choices
Course 2 or higher.: If you choose to complete one of the "courses," you receive a certificate with your name on it. OR
Any of the activities under the "Hour of Code for all Ages" heading. These all start out very easy, but gets harder as you ascend the levels.


6th and 7th graders can look at some of these little programs created in Scratch made by iMiddle students.


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Mr. Moss with Hour of Code founder, Hadi Patorvi




Terrific Tuesday

Tutoring Today
  • Mr. Turk for Math, lunchtime
  • Mr. Cronk for Math, 3:00 to 4:00
  • Mr. Selby for History, 3:00 to 4:00
Announcements
  • Robotics meets today after school in S4 with Mr. Nusser.
  • Tomorrow's WACKY WEDNESDAY theme is Holiday Spirit. Wear your favorite holiday colors: red, green, blue, silver, or wear a combo of it all!
  • There are two NEW clubs forming at iMiddle in January:

Circle of Friends: This club is headed up by Ms. Martin and Mr. Grajeda and will meet during lunch time on Thursdays. If CoF_logo-2.jpgyou are interested in creating new friendships through fun games and activities, complete the permission slip and return to the Counseling Center.


GREEN TEAM.jpgGreen Team: This club is headed up by Ms. Gardner and Ms. Torigoe. If you are interested in working together to beautify our campus through recycling and gardening projects, complete the permission slip form and return it to the Counseling Center.

6th/7th/8th Grade Focus: School-Wide Hour of Code



Video: Code Stars (9:34)
What were these Code Stars' first experience with coding? How did they feel?
Students continue using https://studio.code.org/

Other options:
Go to Google's Made with Code (https://www.madewithcode.com/)
Click Satr coding to do an activity based om the movie Inside Out
Clicking "Projects in the top right provide other fun options including making music, dancing monster, electric dress, and more.



WACKY WEDNESDAY

What are you going to do over winter break?

Thinking Thursday

Tutoring Today
  • Mr. Pena for Spanish, lunchtime
  • Mr. Turk and Mr. Ingrande for Math, lunchtime
  • Mr. Cronk and Mr. Urbino for Math, 3:00 to 4:00
  • Mr. Selby for History, 3:00 to 4:00

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Announcements
Tomorrow we have minimum day schedule (just like Wednesday). Students may come to school dressed in pajamas and/or FROZEN themed clothing. Whatever you choose to wear, be sure that it is appropriate according to our school dress code.

Teachers have a few applications for Circle of Friends and the Green Team clubs that are starting in January. If you would like to join one of these new clubs, fill out the form, have your parent sign it tonight, and return it to Ms. G in the Counseling Center tomorrow.

6th/7th/8th Grade Focus:School-Wide Hour of Code


Some people create programs to help others in their community and around the world. What problem(s) might you solve? Although this video features high school girls, the idea of creating apps to help others could apply to all of us.

Video: Code Girl (2:00)

Coding Options
  • Design Challenge: Create holiday greeting or some positive message and post the web address to this form. You may you use any coding tool. For 8th grade iPads, Tynker.com works well. Sixth and seventh can use Scratch.


OR

6th/7th/8th

  1. Go to Made With Code (https://www.madewithcode.com/
  2. Scroll down past Projects and click More Projects (or got to https://www.madewithcode.com/projects/)
  3. Pick a project. Almost everyone love the Dancing Yeti. (https://www.madewithcode.com/projects/animation)



OR

  1. Go to https://studio.code.org/
  2. Sign in using Google email. (or Click the "Student Sign Up" button. and Choose "Sign up with Google" on right side of the page.
  3. Pick a Challenge!


6th and 7th graders can look at some of these little programs created in Scratch made by iMiddle students. (Teachers can show these too.)


Frozen Friday

6th/7th/8th Grade Focus: Minimum Day


Seven minutes of coding
Use blocks of code to make elves dance at https://santatracker.google.com/#codeboogie
OR
Use coding tools from earlier in the week.


Have a safe winter break!


What is the Hour of Code?
Video. //Hour of Code// 2015 (2:04)

https://studio.code.org/Regardless of device, all students should go to https://studio.code.org/
Regardless of device, all students should go to https://studio.code.org/
  1. Click the "Student Sign Up" button.
  2. Choose "Sign up with Google" on right side of the page.
  3. Use your iMiddle Gmail to sign in.

Choices
Course 2 or higher.: If you choose to complete one of the "courses," you receive a certificate with your name on it. OR
Any of the activities under the "Hour of Code for all Ages" heading. These all start out very easy, but gets harder as you ascend the levels.



6th and 7th graders can look at some of these little programs created in Scratch made by iMiddle students.